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UFC and WWE will team up to form a $21.4 billion sports entertainment company

The new business will focus on growing media rights and sponsorship revenue, and will be lead by Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel. Vince McMahon, executive chairman at WWE, will serve in the same role.

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UFC, WWE combine to form $21.4B sports entertainment company

The new business, which does not yet have a name, will be lead by Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel. Vince McMahon, executive chairman at WWE, will serve in the same role at the new company. Dana White will continue as president of UFC.

Chicago Sun-Times

UFC and WWE merge to form new ‘$21bn’ company

An agreement has been reached ‘to form a new, publicly listed company consisting of two iconic, complementary, global sports’

The Independent UK

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UFC and WWE Combine to Create $21.4B Entertainment Company

WWE and the company that runs Ultimate Fighting Championship will combine to create a $21.4 billion sports entertainment company. A new publicly traded company will be formed that houses the UFC and WWE brands, with Endeavor Group Holdings Inc. taking a 51% controlling interest in the new company. Existing WWE…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Endeavor To Acquire WWE, Combine It With UFC

Live sports entertainment company will have revenue of $2.4 billion; WWE shareholders get 49% stake

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The WWE Is Reportedly Being Sold To UFC's Parent Company After WrestleMania

In the midst of WrestleMania 39, a new report is claiming the WWE is nearing a deal to soon be bought out by UFC's parent company.

Cinemablend

Scoop: Ari Emanuel's Endeavor invested in Twitter 2.0

Endeavor is the first outside investor known to have bought into Twitter 2.0.

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Dana White won't resign as UFC president after slapping his wife

White issued an apology last week in an interview with TMZ after footage emerged showing him and spouse Anne slapping each other in the face in a Mexican nightclub on New Year’s Eve

Irish Mirror

Here’s everything Dana White said during news conference about slapping his wife

In an unexpected appearance, Dana White answered questions from reporters about slapping his wife and what the future holds.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Boris Johnson ‘quit PM race over risk to £10m earnings’, sources say

If the ex-PM had lost the leadership contest, his value stood to drop by half, according to the entertainment industry

The Guardian - UK

Kanye West compares himself to civil rights icon Emmett Till in 'lynching' rant

Kanye West has shared a graphic picture of Emmett Till's dead body on Instagram as he took aim at businessman Ari Emanuel following the closure of the rapper's Donda Academy

Daily Mirror

Kanye West claims he lost $2bn in a day as he returns to Instagram amid backlash at anti-Semitic rants

The rapper made the statement as he returned to Instagram after being banned

Evening Standard

Kanye West claims he lost $2bn in one day amid backlash to antisemitic comments

Rapper known as Ye confirms the impact of Adidas and other companies cutting ties over his hateful remarks about Jewish people

The Guardian - AU

Why Spotify and Apple Music haven't pulled Kanye West's songs

LOS ANGELES — A week after Endeavor Chief Executive Ari Emanuel called for businesses to cut ties with the artist formerly known as Kanye West after his antisemitic remarks, companies such as Adidas and the Gap stopped working with him.

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Los Angeles Times

Hollywood talent agency CAA cuts ties with Kanye West after antisemitic tirade

LOS ANGELES — The fallout facing the rapper formerly known as Kanye West has continued to grow as one of Hollywood’s biggest agencies stopped representing him.

The Independent UK

Top agent leads calls to have Kanye West’s music banned as rapper calls Biden ‘ret***ed’

Rapper also walked out of Piers Morgan interview before returning to finish it

Chicago Sun-Times

Ari Emanuel talks about pizza, brotherly fisticuffs and ice baths during a visit to Chicago

While discussing his favorite movies, Emanuel said “If my brothers were here we’d right now get into a fistfight over this conversation.”

Daily Mirror

UFC owners earn £330million while paying Paddy Pimblett just £9,000 to fight

2021 marked the UFC's best financial year in history with Endeavor owner Ari Emanuel being paid almost £234million, but fighters like Pimblett are still guaranteed just £9,000 a fight

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Daily Mirror

UFC forced to defend fighters’ pay amid campaign led by Jake Paul

The top MMA promotion was a big talking point during Endeavor's first earnings call of the year yesterday evening, their first since Paul invested a "six-figure sum" into the company

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